Great idea! We live next to a goat farm, where two Great Pyranees are on the job full time. Despite the fact that we have plenty of coyotes, our neighbor never loses goats to them. And another friend who raises sheep used to lose 5 or 6 a year to coyotes until she got a Maremma a few years ago, and she hasn't lost one since. I hope that this is the solution to your coyote problem!

Yes, do cuddly them. There is no reason not to at all. Just so they don't get confused, you want to do it in their working space.

I raise sheep and other critters, as well as having a LGD protector and an English Shepherd.

LGDs need love too. In case you don't know about it - lgd.org has some great resources as well as a wonderful list. I don't own shares or in anyway profit by posting that. But I've been very grateful to that list many times over.

December 2015 update: Hi! For some reason I can't figure out, Blogger hasn't been letting me leave comments on my own blog (!) for the last several months, so I've been unable to respond to your comments and questions. My apologies for any inconvenience! You're always welcome to email me: farmgirlfare AT gmail DOT com.

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